Simon of the Playa wrote:hear hear.

the voice of reason.


it's just a tool, it's what you make with it and how you utilize it thats important.





















i'm using mine for aerial porn, i mean erotic video...btw, who wants to see my tool from 50 meters up?

Same argument in the gun control debate.

Private drones offer utility. We'll be seeing more and more in the default world as well as on the playa. My larger concern is their use by law enforcement. Searching for lost child or hiker? ok. following a fleeing felon? no problem. Even in military applications i see they will save lives, offer e...

thanks for the replies. Interesting topic for sure. i also like the 1 hour edit rule. keeps 'em honest; else mods can just delete the whole thing.

marko

forum won't permit an edit, so: reason asking and wondering is yesterday we were out in our back yard and were buzzed by the kid down the street's new toy and thought how will this affect the BRC experience? Whether by law enforcement or well and not so well intentioned attendees/participants.

Mutant vehicles seems to fit. With the explosive popularity of these air born video platforms, may we expect to see some sort of BRC regulation? there are already reasonable limits on how photography is properly done, but these copter platforms open up a whole new set of questions. BTW, i do not hav...

all i get is a dark screen and at lower right 'off air'


gotta go thru some ads and its a still shot, but at least audio
http://www.rgj.com/section/events04


really jonesing for some vid!

thank you, will do.

Remember a year or so back, DPW or ?? was looking for volunteers to help man the dispatch center, etc etc. Friend is vastly experienced and wants to offer services. Whom do we contact?

thanks

marko

I may not *yet* be hip to this inside banter but i will say positive things came from an otherwise bad incident.

So I'm the FNG-- here goes. First time burned 1996 and missed only two intervening years, once due to poor planning (1999) and last year because in 2010 was badly injured Sunday afternoon at 8:30 and Esplanade-- was walking along and was suddenly hit from behind by a female riding a bike at a high r...

the former, of course.

in for the subscribe. But... Given all the hoopla over the new ticket lottery, let's send a message to 'the man' that we're not going to take it-- excessive consumerism is against playa ideals--if one cannot afford a ticket, they should get to go anyway, right? Maybe stage a massive sit-in on the ac...

Given all the hoopla over the new lottery, let's send a message to 'the man' that we're not going to take it-- excessive consumerism is against playa ideals, so why not "Occupy Black Rock City?" Stage a massive sit-in on the access road demanding our rights! Corporate greed rules BMORG. Power to the...

Given all the hoopla over the new lottery, let's send a message to 'the man' that we're not going to take it-- excessive consumerism is against playa ideals, so why not "Occupy Black Rock City?" Stage a massive sit-in on the access road demanding our rights! Corporate greed rules BMORG. Power to the...